Tag: BBC National Short Story Award 2014

How I would have loved to attend the ceremony for the BBC National Short Story Award. When I received the invitation earlier in September, my husband and I contemplated buying tickets from Chicago to London. We weighed the cost and effort against our jobs, but sadly, there was no way I could leave a school year just begun.

However, I watched eagerly from the sidelines, and am delighted to show you the collection of short stories which made the 2014 shortlist, published by Comma Press:

The five stories included in the 2014 National Short Story Award short list are: